Wikipedia:WikiProject Graphic design

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Welcome to the Graphic design WikiProject. We are a group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of Graphic design. (For more information on WikiProjects, please see Wikipedia:WikiProject and the Guide to WikiProjects).

Contents 1 Purpose 2 Scope 3 Guidelines 4 Open tasks 5 Origins of this Wikiproject 6 Members 7 Categorization 8 Sources

[edit] Purpose

This Wikiproject aims to create a more complete understanding of the breadth of the discipline by explaining the role of Graphic design in different contexts, and by drawing connections between Graphic design and its many related disciplines, areas of interest, and specializations.

[edit] Scope

One route to achieving a more complete understanding of Graphic design is to frame it in a variety of contexts:

• The history of Graphic design
• The business of Graphic design
• Professional accreditation in Graphic design
• The science of visual communication (semiotics, perception)
• The Political impact of Graphic design (ie. poster design and war propaganda)
• Design movements (Arts and Crafts, Scandinavian modern, etc.)
• Design education

[edit] Guidelines

Learn all about how Wikipedia works, what constitutes a great article, and how to go about editing an article here:

• The five pillars of Wikipedia
• How to edit a page
• Help pages
• Tutorial
• How to write a great article
• The Manual of Style

[edit] Open tasks

To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Graphic design:

edit · history · watch · refresh

Recruit motivated design practicioners, educators, and organizations to join this Wikiproject Categorize Design-related articles not already in Category:Graphic design by adding [[Category:Graphic design]] near the bottom of each article. each design related article (here's a good list) as within the scope of this Wikiproject by adding the following code to the top of its talk page {{WikiProject Graphic design}} Develop a skeleton structure off which to hang a revised main article on Graphic design Create a list of stub articles on topics for which there is no article yet, and publish them on the main page a list of articles in need of repair/restructuring

[edit] Origins of this Wikiproject

The initiative that led to the creation of this Wikiproject grew out of a meeting of the Vancouver Graphic Design Meetup on September 11, 2006.

[edit] Members

{{User WP Graphic design}} This user is a member of WikiProject Graphic design. You may wish to place this userbox on your user page to indicate your commitment to the project.

Please feel free to add yourself here, and to indicate any areas of particular interest.

1. Steveluscher (talk • contribs) (Web design / development, accreditation, information architecture)
2. Hitrish (talk • contribs) (Member at large, information architecture, editorial contributor)
3. Rasi2290 (talk • contribs) (Elements of graphic design; design as process, product, and career; design today; impact of technology, what is/isn't graphic design)
4. Chelt (talk • contribs) (History of graphic design, design education, information design, type + image, graphic design as fine art)
5. Keithbao (talk • contribs) (History of graphic design, design education, type + image)
6. Magnaniteck (talk • contribs) (Web Design, History of graphic design,image)
7. Oicumayberight (talk • contribs) (Communication Design, Media Studies, Advertising)
8. sh0wnpc (talk • contribs) (Visual Design: print, web, application, mobile. Graphic Design and Art. Process)
9. Zinjixmaggir (talk • contribs) (Industrial design, web design, typography, information design, visual communication, usability)
10. Recury (talk • contribs) (History of graphic design, categorization)
11. seXie^(t0lk) (Interface design, vectorization)
12. Modelwatcher (talk • contribs) (comparative analysis of webpage editors, categorization, web design, web development)

[edit] Categorization

One pressing task is to scour Wikipedia for articles related to Graphic design, and to make sure they are categorized as such. To tag an article as part of the Graphic design category, simply edit it and add this tag somewhere near the bottom:

[[Category:Graphic design]]

Be sure to properly categorize any new article you write! Proper categorization will cause an article to automatically appear in the category index.

[edit] Sources

Suggested sources for use by editors.

1. Looking Closer series - collection of critical essays. (Historical essays are in Looking Closer 4.)
2. Meggs, Philip. History of Graphic Design - an omnibus history of graphic design. Beware of factual errors.
3. Hollis, Richard. Graphic Design: A Concise History